Swimrun Shoes "The Shoedown"

<p>Welcome to our third <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz</a> <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/gear-reviews">swimrun gear review</a> show! This review is co-hosted by our friends at <a href="https://swimrunlabs.com/">Swimrun Labs</a> and we’re super stoked to have them back for another episode.</p><p>This show is all about swimrun shoes! Instead of doing a specific review of a product this week, we thought it would be helpful to take a big picture look at Swimrun shoes and all the considerations that should go into selecting the right pair for everyone. </p><p>Let’s get right to it!</p><p>Global Considerations in Selecting a Swimrun Shoe (or a pair of shoes to use for Swimrun training or events.)</p><ol><li>Drainage</li><li>Tread</li><li>Cushioning/Stack Height</li><li>Buoyancy </li><li>Good Fit</li><li>Particle Size Impermeability/Water Permeability</li></ol><p>In general, you shouldn’t do anything different for swimrun than you wouldn’t do for trail running. If you’ve never run in Hokas or minimal shoes, then you shouldn’t go all in because there is a risk of injury. From a medical perspective (courtesy of Annie and Brooke from Swimrun Labs) is to make sure that you take a graded progression to make sure that you don’t go down an injury rabbit hole. Another consideration is that <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sms.12154">studies</a> have shown that runners that train in various models of shoes have seen a reduced occurrence of injury by 39%.</p><p>With all that, let’s talk about specific considerations for Swimrun.</p><p>Swim Considerations</p><p>Overall, shoe performance in the water should be a net neutral. Swimming with shoes is an unnatural experience and they create a lot of drag. Some of this is mitigated by using a <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/gear-reviews/ark-sports-keel-swimrun-pull-buoy-review">large swimrun pull buoy</a> but at the end of the day you are swimming with shoes and the best that you can hope for is that they are a non-factor. </p><p>The feature